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chatgpt shown on a mobile phone

ChatGPT can now see, hear, and talk to some users

Tesla Oracle Cybertruck cop car concept art

Electric Vehicles

Here is what a Tesla Cybertruck cop car could look like

Sierra Space module exploding screenshot

Watch a space station habitat prototype pop like a water balloon

a man in a ship

How to watch Star Wars in order—even the shows

By Debbie Wolfe

Elon Musk in suit

Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts

Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source

Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source

Elon Musk sitting with finger tips touching in steeple shape

Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects

Hands typing on laptop in dark room

The International Criminal Court was hit with a cyberattack

Avery Dennison thermal energy factory in Belgium

This Belgian factory’s massive mirror array turns sunlight into thermal energy

Scientist inspects portion of LCLS installation

This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets

Rocket engine test ignition

Watch a rocket engine ignite in ultra-slow motion

F-35B stealth jet

The US military could use your help finding a missing F-35 stealth jet

Tiny robot standing on perch

Mini explosions give this little robot a big bounce

Revo Foods 3D-printed salmon

The world’s first 3D-printed salmon is hitting store shelves, and it looks kind of good

ETH Zurich electric race car in motion

Electric Vehicles

Swiss students just slashed the world record for EV acceleration

Google headquarters

The US antitrust trial against Google is in full swing. Here’s what’s at stake.

A rare fish with ‘hands’ is spotted in a surprising place

Endangered Species

A rare fish with ‘hands’ is spotted in a surprising place

By Sara Kiley Watson

A weather balloon against blue sky

NASA wants to use AI to study unidentified aerial phenomenon

Robotic origami microflier

Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves

Ascento Guard robot

The Ascento Guard patrol robot puts a cartoonish spin on security enforcement

JAXA LEV-2 lunar probe on sand

The newest moon-bound robot will roll around like a tennis ball

Person completing 1040 tax form with calculator

Calling TurboTax ‘free’ is ‘deceptive advertising,’ says FTC

H2FLY hydrogen fuel plane in flight

This liquid hydrogen-powered plane successfully completed its first test flights

3D printer making algae-based water decontaminate

‘Living material’ water filter uses bacteria to neutralize water pollutants

Kidney transplant sensor on researcher fingertip

This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair

MIT Van Atta Backscatter array closeup

This new subsea communications system can run on an iota of power

Luxury car interior

Your car could be capturing data on your sex life

UPS delivery drone in flight

FAA will allow UPS delivery drones to travel greater distances

Closeup of solar panel installation

This alternative to lithium-based batteries could help store renewable energy

Lagos Blue Line Rail train next to traffic jam

Traveling through the world’s most traffic-heavy city just got a lot quicker—and greener

Pants on hangers

The US wants to dress military in smart surveillance apparel

Concept art of Artemis lunar base with astronauts

Poppyseed-sized nuclear fuel cells might power a NASA moon base

Self-driving taxis blocked an ambulance and the patient died, San Francisco fire department says

Self-driving taxis blocked an ambulance and the patient died, San Francisco fire department says

Worldwide Communication, Satellite and other antenna network against sky at sunset, silhouette style

Emergency alert system test coming to phones, TVs, and radios across the U.S.

Scania solar powered semi-truck on road

Electric Vehicles

Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

The CLARI mini-robot created by Kaushik Jayaram, assistant professor, mechanical engineering and Heiko Kabutz, PhD student, mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder

This small, squishy robot is cuter than its cockroach inspiration

Illustration of laser communication satellite array and the ISS above Earth

Space lasers could beam information to Earth by the end of the year

Professor Garry Duffy and Dr Rachel Beatty show the soft robotic implant developed by University of Galway and MIT

This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem

YouTube home screen on smartphone

YouTube’s extremist rabbit holes are deep but narrow

California high speed railcar concept art

A high-speed rail line in California is chugging along towards 2030 debut

Close-up of witch hazel plant

Future leaping robots could take a cue from seed-launching witch hazel plants

San Francisco Panorama from San Francisco Bay

Silicon Valley’s wealthiest want to build their own city outside of San Francisco

Coral reef with a variety of hard and soft corals and tropical fish

Scientists are intentionally bleaching and ‘cryopreserving’ coral

SpaceX rocket docked at launch pad

DOJ is suing SpaceX for years of workplace discrimination

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Illustration of trackable objects orbiting Earth

Some space junk just got smacked by more space junk, complicating cleanup

Famous, debunked black and white 'Surgeon's Photo' of Loch Ness Monster

The largest search of Loch Ness in more than 50 years will deploy drones and hydrophones

Robot arms lifting a single Pringles chip

These AI-powered robot arms are delicate enough to pick up Pringles chips

MIT kirigami tentacle scultures

The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Shipping container used as passive cooling test chamber

Ancient Egyptian ‘air conditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

Artist rendering of Somatic bathroom cleaning robot entering restroom

These bathroom-cleaning bots won’t replace human janitors any time soon

Pyxis Ocean retrofitted with WindWings setting sail for its maiden voyage, August 2023

A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage

Students testing ChatGPT AI tutor on computers

A version of OpenAI’s GPT-4 will be ‘teaching’ thousands of kids this fall

Spotify considered axing white noise podcasts to save $38 million

Metal mesh with water droplets

Titanium dioxide-coated mesh can purify contaminated fog

Elon Musk’s management is killing Science Twitter

Stack of international newspapers.

Associated Press sets its first AI rules for journalists

Blurry photo of Pink Floyd playing a concert

Scientists made a Pink Floyd cover from brain scans

Elemental chromium

The same metal found on hot rods and Harleys could revolutionize solar panels

Soft robot gripper turning a book page

Origami-inspired robot can gently turn pages and carry objects 16,000 times its weight

Pipeline connection at an oil refinery

The US is investing more than $1 billion in carbon capture, but big oil is still involved

Copy of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' behind glass case

School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books

3D printed fake calamari ring on tin foil

3D-printed vegan calamari rings could be next on the menu